culture war has been the GOP diet for all of my political memory, it just shifts from one topic to the next
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culture war has been the GOP diet for all of my political memory, it just shifts from one topic to the next
I agree, but DeSantis went all in on "battling the woke agenda" and lost badly.
tantavisiteler
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I know it is a long shot but if it is Haley, could she win v Biden? or Biden may indeed choose not to run? Just to speculate
sure, but not because he battled the woke agenda since he and most of the GOP candidates are on the same page on this topic. he lost because he's a fruitcake who wears high heel boots, and even the densest voter can see him for the loser that he is. none of these grifters can beat Trump; only a center leaning wonk like Jeb has any chance of beating Trump, and Jeb bowed out a long time ago asking for the audience to clap. Meatball Ron was trying to beat Trump at his own game and nobody is doing that. I suspect Nikki Haley is hoping to be the last candidate standing if Trump faces actual legal trouble or is off ballot in enough important states to risk losing the primary.
carolinablue232
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I know it's just polls, but funnily enough Haley beats Biden in the polls by more than both Desantis and Trump. I think it's just one more indicator that if you can act like an adult, even a little bit of the time, there are voters out there for you. A real third party which was more about common sense than political extremes and ideology would walk this election imo. Shame we don't have one.
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It’s because Biden falls down and says stuff like this.
The man should not be running. Trump shouldn’t be either but that’s for like 127 different reasons.
That’s not the point I was making though
Virtually no democrat, in a perfect world, wants Biden to run. Part of that reason is his age. For me personally, I want someone who’s a good leader and speaker - Biden has never been that
But the problem is that MAGA talks about how Biden is gone mentally, when their guy arguably sounds even more senile when he speaks
But just because he speaks at a sixth grade level and never, even when he was in his 40s,
Made any sense when he spoke, he somehow gets a pass
That’s the double standard that’s nauseating
you know you’re describing the Democrats there, right?
but yeah, a third or fourth party would be good. We need RCV at every level.
Don’t know if he actually posted this, but I can easily believe that he did
carolinablue232
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That’s fair but I think you answered your own question. Biden is clearly fading year over year. Trump was never there so the ridiculousness he spews is just par for the course (pun intended).
I don’t understand the point you are trying to make
In reality land, we have a binary choice - Biden or Trump
That’s it
I know which is the lesser of two evils there
It would be fantastic to have another realistic option.
We don’t
That’s America in the 21st century
carolinablue232
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That’s not at all the point or question you posed. You asked why people were talking about Bidens health and cognition. You’re basically suggesting that because Trump is worse everyone should just give Biden a pass on everything and pretend he’s still fit?
Look, of the two I’d wager most here will vote for Biden. However, that’s still the issue to me. Were just forced to accept someone who has no business continuing. Both sides are the problem. One is just way less worse.
No, I asked why people were saying Biden's health and cognition were obviously worse than Trump's. That diminishes the train wreck that is Trump's mind.
I'm not giving Biden a pass. We literally turn off the TV when a Biden speech comes on. It's cringeworthy and unwatchable. He should not be running for another term.
Again, everything must be seen through the lens of the alternative. Here in America, we have a binary choice.
And when there's a narrative that Biden is unfit for office, but Trump is fit as a fiddle, I have a real problem with that
Whether these two should be our options is a whole other debate, which only serves as a waste of time.
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